http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/ Engadget Comments for Windows Mobile 7 rumors coalesce around Q4 launch, MWC announcement http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Here's a perfect example of a positive non-apple related post.

]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
It goes both ways. Then they talk about MS applefanboys cry, and when they talk about Macs, the MS fanboys cry. It will never end.

Honestly, Most of the Engadget crew do seem to prefer macs, it think it's more of a preference thing personally, but it does look odd that they ALL use macbooks and iphones. So I really don't understand why the Mac fanboys are so critical about engadget talking about windows as you are at the moment.

Just curious, are Mac fanboys, like, Cannibals? Will you eat your own if they speak ill of Steve Jobs?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/wow, typos. it's to damn early...(5am)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
As for using Macs do you know how many are running Windows 7 ? .. I use a MacBook Pro and spend 75% of my time running Win7.

]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Then why use a macbook? Not a critic or trolling, just curious.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/its not the positive non apple posts that most people cry about. there are plenty of those, its the phones that are actually pretty good phones, that get absolutely CRAPPED on, for the most intangible of reasons in their reviews. i.e. Droid (not so much), NexusOne, and especially the HD2. Its kinda like the crap that idiot mossberg pulls. Does a phone review of phone X, but often compares it to the iphone. And does it so much in his review that you hear more about the iphone in the phone X review, then the actual phone itself. Its very annoying to say the least.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/photos/engadget-bids-a-fond-farewell-to-ces-2010-0/#2605962 .. two PCs on the right (one Dell and what looks like a Lenova?). Almost all using PC mice though ;)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
No kidding. I hate that the iPhone is being used as the standard to measure phones against.

"The Droid is a good phone at 92% of iPhone-ness." WTF?!

Ugh.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Throwing a positive bone out to the WinMo crowd every once in awhile is hardly disproving their bias. Even in this article, they manage to promote and slam WinMo at the same time.

I also agree with crapple. Every review compares X phone to the iPhone. A device is considered "too big" if the form factor is larger than an iPhone. A phone is considered "too boring" if it doesn't employ iPhone like transitions, etc, etc. The reality is that the iPhone is GREAT at doing some things. Truly, it is the standard in many areas. However, competitors are out there and they outshine the iPhone in many other ways. These phones rarely get positive reviews.

And don't even get me started on the overall amount of press Apple gets. There are about 5 tablet rumors to every WinMo rumor. It's not even close. And for an OS than has less than 10% of the market we certainly hear plenty about Apple's PC hardware and software.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://bit.ly/htc-obsession-details ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Where exactly have you spotted any sort of positive spin in this article?
Actually by suggesting that MS needs to "resurrect" its mobile OS the author manages to infer that Win Mobile for the time being, is a dead platform and that what I have been using on my HD2 for the last 4 months with extreme satisfaction (which I failed to get from my previos iPhone 3GS)must be some kind of ectoplasm.
If this are Engadget positive articles about MS I wonder what the negative are gonna be like.]]>Feb 6th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Oh btw - only create one version and not multiple.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
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Yeah but will that be akin to WinMo6.x Smartphone and Professional?

or will it be totally different in that I would have to choose between having business centric or media centric phone? Why not have all on one phone?

It makes sense if MS had their own phone with xbox and zune and oems took a vanilla version but even then that makes winmo confusing to consumers. With WinMo 6.x still being in the market this is even more confusing. I just hope that they can see that.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
And your point is? HTC works very closely with MS and do many other vendors, there isn't really anything special about handset manufacturers getting early builds to test on their hardware to make sure everything is ready for release.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/I'm kinda glad there will be two versions. For business, we buy smartphones by the ton. We don't need the high end specs that the "Super Mobile 7" requires. That extra $ per device adds up when you buy a ton. It would be good for business.

Having said that, I'll give my business user the lame version and I'm still getting the high end one. :-)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
NOOOOOO!!! That means that MS didn't fix the UI if HTC needs to fix it for them again. :-(]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Maybe it's a hint that MS is focusing their time elsewhere.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Regardless of how many Android phone are on the market there will still be plenty of people buying new and upgrading phones. The "to late" claim is ridiculous. Phones don't last forever and people do switch fairly easily.

I'm sure Asia is a huge market but it isn't like their market share is just going to blow up once they release WinMo 7. The first batch of phones will probably be in Europe and US anyway. Europe because most are likely to be by HTC and US because they are an American company.

If there was anything learned from the iPhone growth, it is that the US should be their target market and you can just expand to the rest.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
my motosurf is approaching 1 year old....

it'll be a bummer if i get a new phone and winmo7 comes out a couple of months later....]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
come on, don't start that...]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Look that's just stupid. And it trivializes rape. GTFO.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Stop thinking about the iPhone3GS circa mid-2009 as the competition.

iPhone 4 is coming.......

(er.. bad choice of words?)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
I also hope that the tablet supports decent art packages like Photoshop.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
You'll get no art support from the Ithing. You'll have to paint with your finger, as Mr. Jobs says, it's the best input device ever and always with you. I agree, I want the Apple tablet for games only, but if HP ISlate can do what Ineed at a lower price point, Iwon't be bowing at the alter of bitten Ifruit.

I bet MS just puts "Seven" on the slates and that's why there dropping the "Windows Mobile" tag. At least that's my hope. ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
I'm seeing Silverlight on more and more sites. Of course they're all over Microsoft sites (Bing Maps is awesome with it) but I've seen it other places. Netflix uses it, FOX or someone uses it, ETonline.

I know why more uses Flash and Java but it isn't crap.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
MS hasn't dropped the mobile tag. The OS is still called Windows Mobile i.e. Windows Mobile 7. All the phone out there are collectively called Windows Phone.

They have the Windows CE core which Windows Mobile is built on top - CE 7 to be exact. This is a good core and could will be the core they use for courier so no need to bung WinMo on a slate. Create something from CE7 that works for the slate form factor and not just bung WinMo on it ala Android.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Are you dumb? SilverLight is awesome. No kidding. If you've ever had to program anything ever you'd know that Flash's ActionScript sucks big balls. SilverLight 2.0 and higher uses a trimmed down .NET framework. You can write REAL programs in SilverLight using VisualBasic or C# and that's a hell of a lot more sane than Flash.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
ya, because every product that didn't reach every corner of the globe immediately failed.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
With that kind of pedigree, and a touch of Ballmer's genius, I'm sure It will astound and amaze, just like Vista did.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Seriously, if this is the best you can come up with, you need better trolling material. And this from a guy on a Macbook Pro who owns an iPhone.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Yeah, it means we should expect a usable release of Winmo 7 around 2013 or thereabouts.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Actually, David Owens, VP of Consumer Marketing for Sprint held a live chat with Sprint customers back in October. This snippet is from that conversation:

QDW: When will the first Windows Mobile 7 phone be available?
David: Planned for 2010, more dependent on Microsoft's timeline though.

Here's the link to the full conversation: http://community.sprint.com/baw/community/sprintblogs/chat-with-buzz/blog/2009/10/29/david-owens-chat-transcript--1029

He doesn't say much more about 2010, though. Just repeats a couple times that WM7 coming to Sprint is dependant upon MS, and that Sprint will carry it as soon as it is released to them.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/It's funny because it's true]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
Looking forward to MWC. I just wish they have WinMo7 ready earlier than Q4.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/
I am pretty much sure that WinMo7 is based on CE7. This is not a bad thing because CE7 supports Silverlight/WPF and a whole load of new (to a mobile platform) technologies.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/Jan 22nd 2010 12:19PM